Semiconductor Jobs

Renesas Electronics · Edinburgh

Provide technical leadership for a global engineering compute and design-data-management environment, combining hands-on CAD work with infrastructure ownership. You will own Perforce Helix and IPLM methodologies, build Python and shell automation, and guide migration from legacy data platforms. The role spans Linux compute environments, EDA tool configuration, documentation and training across distributed semiconductor teams.

Renesas Electronics · Swindon

Provide technical leadership for a global engineering compute and design-data-management environment, combining hands-on CAD work with Perforce Helix and IPLM-based data management. You will develop Linux-based engineering environments, Python and shell automation, project/workspace methodologies, and migration paths from legacy platforms, while supporting EDA tool integration and training engineering teams.

NVIDIA · United Kingdom

Lead security research, architecture and implementation for next-generation NVIDIA Networking products, taking a hands-on role defining hardware and software security solutions. Work across internal teams and external partners on IO interfaces, boot architecture, RISC-V, root-of-trust and low-level firmware, guiding open-source implementation and customer threat resolution.

Matchtech · Farnborough

End-to-end FPGA engineering role covering requirements, architecture, implementation, verification and system-level test for secure digital design products. You'll lead FPGA delivery into production, develop testbenches, manage external IP suppliers, and coordinate other engineers within a multi-disciplinary team. Hybrid working, four days onsite in Farnborough, in a UK SC-cleared environment.

George Blake · Camberley

Hands-on senior role spanning analogue and digital circuit design, embedded C/C++ and FPGA logic for sophisticated instrumentation. You will refine existing designs, diagnose faults across hardware and software, use Python for test automation, and provide technical direction in design reviews without direct reports.

Copello · Bristol · £80,000 – £900,000 pa

Take technical ownership of FPGA and programmable logic design for advanced gimbal payload systems, covering video capture and processing, sensor and high-speed serial interfaces, and real-time pointing and stabilisation control. Lead RTL design, verification, synthesis and hardware bring-up, taking in-house boards from prototype to qualified production while mentoring other engineers.

Shorterm Group · Cambridge · £45,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on product development role spanning the full electronics lifecycle, from requirements and circuit design through PCB layout, manufacture, integration, testing and validation. You'll design analogue and digital circuits, manage PCB fabrication with external suppliers, and debug prototype hardware while collaborating closely with software, optics and mechanical engineers on advanced sensing and measurement systems.

Huber+Suhner Polatis · Cambridge

Design, verify and validate FPGA solutions for optical networking products, implementing VHDL logic on Xilinx Artix-7 devices using Vivado. Work spans requirements capture, test benches, timing closure, CDC analysis and lab bring-up with logic analysers, collaborating closely with electronics and software engineers.

Theo James Recruitment · Newton Aycliffe · £53,350 pa

Multi-skilled maintenance role in a specialist semiconductor manufacturing environment, covering planned and preventative maintenance, breakdown response and electrical, electronic and mechanical fault finding. You will drive equipment improvements, support continuous improvement and structured problem-solving, liaise with vendors and train fellow technicians and apprentices on a 4-day, 12-hour day shift pattern.

Platform Recruitment · Bristol · £55,000 pa

Develops custom embedded Linux images with Yocto, writing BitBake recipes, layers and BSPs, and building C/C++ software for ARM and SoC platforms. Involves Linux kernel, bootloader and device-driver integration, hardware bring-up and debugging, plus prototype support and technical trials within an R&D team working on communications, RF and sensor systems.

Octagon Group · Andover · £40,000 – £45,000 pa

Hands-on maintenance engineering role in an ISO 7 semiconductor assembly and test facility, covering scheduled preventative maintenance, fault investigation and repairs. Involves servicing HVAC, HEPA filtration and LEV systems, supporting utilities such as compressed air, nitrogen and power, and coordinating external service engineers alongside Production, Process Engineering and Quality.

Lumai · Oxford

Builds firmware, peripheral drivers and RTOS-based control software for an optical AI accelerator, covering RTOS tasks and IPC, board support package bring-up, boot loaders and first-boot debugging on custom hardware. Works closely with a senior embedded engineer and hardware teams, writing unit and integration tests and maintaining embedded CI pipelines.

Lumai · Oxford

Owns embedded software for a novel optical AI accelerator, writing Linux kernel and bare-metal device drivers, firmware for control processors, and deterministic RTOS control tasks. Leads board support package bring-up on new custom silicon revisions, debugging with JTAG, scopes and logic analysers, and sets the embedded team's coding standards and test methodology.

Enterprise Recruitment · Towcester · £60,000 – £65,000 pa

This role involves hands-on engineering support for production operations, maintaining and improving epitaxy equipment, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. You will coordinate maintenance, support equipment upgrades, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high equipment uptime and compliance with safety standards.

Redline Group · Glasgow · £80,000 – £110,000 pa

Lead a multi-disciplinary team of up to 100 people, driving pure NPI development for next-generation semiconductor products. Responsibilities include creating project proposals, presenting to customers, providing technical leadership across hardware, software and mechanical teams, and managing project schedules, budgets and resource allocation. Works closely with the General Manager on complex, electronically biased product development.